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Cottage Grove Leader.
L . r. W O O LS Y, P «b llih «r .
C O T T A G E G ROVE
OREGON.
NEWS OF OREGON
SNOW IN THE ROCKIES.
Fell Over Large A re« and la Qladly W el
comed In Moat Placca.
MRS. QRANT DEAD.
Widow of W arrior President Succumbs
to Heart Failure.
Washington, Dec. 15.— Mrs. Ulyises Hay Notifies Allied Powers Not to
Items of General Interest Gathered
8. Grant died at her residence in this
Touch American Ships,
Mountain region from Northern Wyom-
From AH O t CT the State.
city at 11:17 o’clock Sunday night.
Denver, Dee. 17 .— The
entire Kocky
ing to Southern New Mexico baa been
I «oath was due to heart failure, Mrs.
visited by a storm daring the past 36 COM M ERCIAL AND FIN A N C IA L DOINGS
Grant having Buffered for years from
hours.
The ground in the plateau
valvular disease of the heart, which
section is covered to a depth of six
Linn County Jail To Be Lined W ith Steel was aggravated by a severe attack of
Review o/ Important Happening* inches, while the fall in the moon- j
—Big Wool Deal New Oregon
bronchitis.
H er age prevented her
uf the Paat M eek in Uriel and
tains has been much heavier. The
Code It Issued.
rallying from the attacks. Her daugh
l emprehenil t Form.
greater portion of the precipitation ,
ter, Nellie Grant Sartoris, was the only
fell yesterday and last night. Today
Commissioner Hermann has recom one of her children with her at the time
Severe cold weather in Austria Is about two inches of snow fell during mended the repeal of the lieu land law.
of her death, her three sons, who had
causing actute suffering.
the morning in most sections of Colo
been summoned here, all being «.ot of
The
Multnomah
club
of
Portland
has
The strike commission may investi rado, but tonight the weather has
commenced airangements for holding the city. There also were present at
gate freight rates on coal.
cleared. No snow fell in Western W y
the bedside when the end came Miss
The Alaska salmon pack for 1902 oming today, although around Chey a street fair.
Rosemary Sartoris, a grand daughter;
will amount to 2.470.000 cases or more
Three men have been arrested at Ash I)r. Bilhop, one of the attending physi
enne
and
in
the
region
immediately
than the pack of 1901.
land charged with the recent Grants cians, and two trained nurses. Death
Martin Tower of Marshfield, has nortli of there a light snowfall was ex Pass stage hold-up.
came pea«efully, the sufferer retaining
been appointed collector of customs perienced. In Southern New Mexico
consciouness practically to the end.
a light rainfall was renorted, with auow
The present session of congress will
for the Coos Day district.
Julia Dent Grant was born January
in the north. In some parts of Colo not be asked for a government appro
26, 1826. She was married to U. F.
Hon. Solomon Hirsch. a pioneer
rado, particularly in the San Luis val priation for the 1905 fair.
merchant of Portland, legislator and
Grant August 22, 1848.
ley in the south, the anew was the
ex-minister to Turkey, is dead.
Four children were born to her—
F. 8. Ingram, who is circulating a
heaviest for years.
three sous. Frederick Dent, Ulysses,
A Columbian steamer, carrying a
For the paat three years drouth has petition asking for aid from the Btate
large number of soldiers, was wreck-1 visited the Sau Luis valley, and tiie legislature, is securing many signa- Jr,, and Jesse, and one daughter,
ed and nearly all on board drowned.
present moisture has brought rejoicing, | tures. He has in the neighborhood of Nellie.
The remains ol Mrs. Grant will be
New
York
continues
without ! assuring as it does good conditions for 400. Very few people refuse to sign.
deposited in the tomb at Riverside
enough coal to meet the demands. next year’ s er«ps.
Railroad traffic is
Linn county sportsmen are taking park, New York, where those of her
At pi esent 50,000 tons a day aie con- j experiencing no serious interruption
sumed.
active measures to secure the enact husband now repose.
Whether they
as a result of the storm, because of the
The Marseilles strike is practical fact that the snow drifted but little. ment of better game laws. A ll concur will betaken there immediately or this
ly over. The men are returning to i For the same reason there is no fear for in the opinion that hunting for the ceremony postponed for a time could
their old places without gaining any the safety of stock on the ranges, and market should be entirely prohibited. not be ascertained tonight.
of their demands.
no ¡losses have been reported.
The
E. C. Clement, special agent of rnral
OREAT FIRE IN OHIO TOWN.
Three nven attempted to hold up an storm originated in Arizona, and the fr,.„ delivery, after viewing two ruial
Alvord. Tex., bank. The officers had temperature at no time has been un- free delivery routes out of Wasco, states
been notified and were waiting for ; comfortably cold.
Sheet Steel Company's Mills Burned at
that be is not able to approve tiie peti
them. One o f the robbers was killed,
a Loss of $1,000,000.
tions.
The
reason
given
is
that
there
another seriously wounded and the
THE
AIDED
RAILROADS.
Canal
Dover,
O., Dec. 16.— The corru
are
not
the
require«)
number
of
families
third is in custody.
within the 50 miles of territory covered gating mills, the paint shop, the store
Germany, though its claims are Only One Owes the Government,
Accord- by the two petitions.
room and the building containing the
clear, is willing to arbitrate the Vene-
Ing to Commissioner Longatrcct.
stielan trouble.
There is a petition being circulate«) four m ills on the west side of the
Washington, Dec. 17.— The annual |
in the eastern part of the state asking Am eriian sheet steel company's m ills,
The new army staff bill, if passed,
report of General Longstreet, the com- the legislature to enset a law prohibit-
will not be effective until the retire
were burned to the ground here last
miseioner of railroads, says that, of the ing the herding of ¿beep within a dis-
ment of General Miles.
night,
snd the company is confronted
railroad companies which have receive«! tam-e of two miles of any habitation.
with a loss of over » 1 ,000,000, nearly
Italy has taken a hand in the Vene-
It
is
being
pressed
by
cattlemen
in
the
[
suelan affair and has demande«! the government subsidies in bonds, all have main although a great many business »760,000 is finished product and the re
same treatment as England and Ger settled their iudebtednese with the gov men who are not interested in stock are mainder in buildings ami machinery.
A strong wind was blowing over the
many.
ernment except the Central Branch signing.
Idaho and California have j
burning pile toward the offices and the
Coal shortage in Nebraska is cansing railway company, the sn.i'essor of the such laws.
machine shop.
Fear that these, too,
intense suffering, aggravate«! by the Central branch Union Pacific railway
Senator Mitchell called the attention ir ‘ '*•* *>« doomed caused a call for help
extreme
cold
weather
prevailing
company. The reports of the bond- of Commissioner of Pensions Ware to to be sent to New Philadelphia.
The
throughout the state.
aided and land grant roads show an in- the number of applications for pensions fire engines from that city rendered
A joint resolution has been intro crease of »20,000,000 in net earnings umler th« Indian war veteran act of good service.
The offices, machine
duced in congress changing the term of over those for 1901. There was an in- the la,t 9e88'on which have not as yet shops, galvanizing department and the
president, making the term begin at crease of over »5,000,000, in gross bee" gn a ted .
The commissioner mills on the east side are ail that re
noon April 30, instead of March 4.
earnings and of »27,000.000 in ex- sUteB th» ‘ considerable difficulty is main of this great paint.
being experienced in getting the inili
The loss is partially covered by in
The president has appointed Lloyd pens
Griscom. jr., now minister to Persia,
The report «let
with detailed an- tary service of the claimants but he surant«. A dozen railway cars stand
to be minister to Japan. He has also nual summaries
the operations of j hopes to have ali straighened up shortly. ing at tracks were consumed.
selected Hull mood Pearson, of North the roads, embraces the principal laws
Free delivery of mail w ill commence
REORGANIZE CONSULAR FORCE.
Carolina, at present consul general at of «-ongresa that relate to the bond-aided , , , ,
_ ___. ,
1903.
Teheran, Persia, to succeed Mr. Gris- and land grant roads, and in. ludee ab- ln Alb* Dy M,rch 1
com.
strsets of the decisions of the supreme
An Odd Fellows lodge has been in- Bill to Classify and Provide for Examina
tion of Applicants.
court in cases affecting the bond-aided stitoted at Dnrkee, Eastern Oregon.
The snnouncement is made that Mar
Pacific companies, and to which the There are about 30 members.
Washington, Dec. 16. — A bill has
coni has another invention, which he
expects will startle the world.
He United States is party.
The new Oregon code, compiled by been introduced in the boose by Repre
w ill not formally announce it until the
Judge C. B. Bellinger and W. W. sentative Adams, of Pennsylvania, to
THREAT TO RENEW STRIKE.
wireless experiments sre completed,
Cotton, has been iesned.
This code provide for the reorganisation of the
which he says will be before the end of
Coxc Brothers’ Miners Demand Reinstall- w»8 »nthonxed by the last legislature consular service of the United States.
the year.
ment of Lnlon Men.
»nd will hereafter be need in the courts
Provision is made for the classification
..
. i in place of the codes heretofore in nee
' Spain is trying to bay warships from
New
York.
Dec.
17,-M
ore
than
4,-[
0ne thou„ nj copie , will be delivered of consuls general and consuls, specify
foreign powers.
000 miners at Drlfton, near Haxelton. to tlie ^ c reUrv of sUte.
ing the number and salary of each
The first blixxard of the winter has will go out on strike unless their em- j
class, and for the examination of ap
swept. Iowa and Nebraska.
ployers adjust grievances they com- 1 There is a movement on foot to di- plicants and those now in the servi««
Ice forming on the "th ird ” rail of plaln of. says a dispatch from Scran vide ,he, J ^ h t h judicial district, con- Of the latter, those who fail to pass are
the New York elevateti roads has stop ton to the Press, The
T k * shipment
. b i «™«,,.. of
„r •>*t,n 8 of Baker« L “ >at>lla ,n<I Wallows to be dropped, bat none can tie called
counties, into two district«.
Union for examination within six months of
ped all trains.
coal to N ew York will be decreased and Wallowa w ill constitute one, and
the day of tha passage of the bill.
The Venezuelan gunboats captured 10,000 tons a day If this strike is de- Baker connty will be constituted a Consuls general and consnls may be
by Germany and Great Britain are dared. The dissatisfied miners are judicial distrii-t by itself, if the plan
transferred by the president from one
now manned by British sailors.
employed by Coxe Bros. & Co., the is carried cat.
The reason lor the place to another of the same «-lass.
The* 1 change is that the district is so popn- Special examinations are provided for
A Rock Island passenger train was large Independent op«vrators.
wrecked by a broken rail near Terrill, say that the company has repeatedly Ions that there is too much for ons those who may be sent where the
Tex., and the engineer and fireman refused to re-employ all its union judge to do.
United States exercises extra territorial
killed.
jurisdiction.
miners.
W EEK’S DOINGS
J
Fire destroyed a five story building
District Presidents Duffy. Fahey and
at Scranton. Pa., in which was locateli Nichols, who are In this city, have
a wholesale grocery firm. The loes will had a conference regarding the ques
tion. Duffy upholds the attitude of
amount to $176,000.
the Drifton miners, but the other dis
An automatic machine has been in trict presidents, together with tfielr
vented that will clean more salmon attorney representing the miners be
than seven men. It will revolutionise fore the strike commission, are doing
their utmost to prevent a suspension
the salmon canning indnstry.
of work They belive that the action
The dock laborers strike in Msr- o f the Drifton miners In declaring a
seilles, France, continnee unbroken. strike before they see whether the
The streets sre now patrolled by troops commissions Intend to protect thetr
rights in their decision will have a
and riots are ol frequent occurrence.
bad effect.
________________________
Ice in Lake St. Clair clogged the in
take pipes for Detroit’ s water supply
MORE SHOTS AT THE KING.
so seriously that many factories were
compelled to shnt down temporarily.
Leopold of Belgium Fired Upon a s He M as
General Miles w ill visit the German
emperor.
The reciprocity treaty with Cuba has
been signed.
The California end of the Pacific
cable has been laid.
Negro voters of Alabama have formed
a colored Republican party.
Three men lost their lives in a coal
mine acchlent at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Secretary Hitchcock has Suspended
■ II timber land entries in the Pacific
coast states.
The cold wave continnee in New
York and suffering is intense on account
o f the lack of coal.
Finley Peter Dunne, of “ Mr. Dooley”
fame, was married in New York to
Mias Margaret Abtott.
Fire at Worcester, Maas., caused a
property lose of $260,1)00.
About a
«losen firemen were injured.
The senate rejected the proposal to
admit Chinese to Hawaii.
A FAIR WARNING
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat— Walla Walla, 71972c; bine-
stem 79980c; valley, 74c.
Barley— Feed, »23.60 per ton; brew
ing. »24.00.
Floor— Beet grade, 8.6093.90; grah
am. »3.1093-60.,
Millstnff*— Bran, »19.00 per ton;
middlings, »23.60; shorts, »19.60;
chop, »18.
Gate— No. 1 whlta, »1 .1 5 9 1 .1 7 *;
gray, »1.12H91-U> per ceatal.
Hay — Timothy, »10911; clovar,
»9.00; cheat, » » 9 9 per ten.
Potatoes— Beet Bnrbanks, 609 80c
par sack; ordinary, 60955« per cental,
growers’ prices; Merced sweets, 81.769
Leaving the Royal Train.
»2 per cental.
New York, Dec. 17.— The Am eri
Poultry— Chickens, mixed. 83.009
can's correspondent at Brussels savs:
4.76; per pound, 10c; bens, »494.50 per
As Leopold, the king of the Belgians, dosen.; per pennd, 10s; springs, » 3.00
wse leaving the royal train at the sta 93.50 per docen ; fryers, »3.6098.00;
tion at taken, two shots were fired at broilers, (2.009 2.50; docks, »5.009
him, although neither took effect.
a .00 per dosen; tnrkeys, live, 13c,
It is not known whether the shots1 dreseed. 15c: geese. 86.OOi9 6 .6O.
where fired by an sssa<ein or by poach-
Cheeee— Full cream, twins 16H 9
ere. but in view of the dissatisfaction 16Hc;
Yonng America, 16 H 9 1 7 H :
with the king be>«sne of hiscruel treat- factory prices, 1 9 1 Hc lens.
ment of his daugther. the Princess
Buttar— Fancy ersamnry, 389 32 He
Stephanie, the shooting is generally be par pound; extras. 30e; dairy, 20
lieved to have been a deliberate at 9 2 2 H e; store. 15918.
tempt to k ill him, and much excite- i Eggs— 26930c par dozen.
ment prevails.
Hops— Sew crop, 23976c per pound
The guards that surrennd the king
Wool— Valley, 12 H916c; Eastern
have been doubled.
Oregon, S®14Hc; mohair, 26928c.
Beef— Gross, cows,
393 He per
Logs to liscrrase In Price.
ported: steers, 4c; dressed, »97c.
Vancouver. B. C.. Dec. 17.— Another
Veal— 7 * 9 8 He.
increase In the price o f loes is
Mutton — Groae, Sc per pound:
petted by Coamt loggers within the
dressed. 6c.
next few days. At the present time
Lam h e— Gross, 3Hs per pound;
I the ruling price Is from »7.50 to » 8.
I It Is thought this will be Increased by dressed, 6 He.
Huge—Grass, * H 9 * H e p e r pound:
at least 50 cents before the end of the
i week.
797 Hs.
PEACE BLOCKADES NOT RECOGNIZED
Secretary ol State Says War Must Fl,.t
Be Declared - Watching Observ.
ante of Monro« Doctrine.
Washington, Dec.
n . _ Minister
Bowen has confirmed the press re-
ports to the effect that the gua8 ot
the allied forces which bombarded
Puerto Cabello were directed entire
ly at the fortifications and not at the
town. Regrettable as It was this
statement relieves the affair of the
first suspicion that It constituted a
violation of International law, in the
fact that 24 hourB notice was not
served o f the bombardment. The re
quirements as to the notice applies to
unfortified or fortified towns where
the fire must be directed upon the In-
habitants, and this was not the caie
at Puerto Cabello, so that, while the
officials here regret that the firing
took place, they have as yet no cause
to protest.
But it Is now probable that the Unit,
ed States wll break Its attitude of in
activity In the event that an attempt
Is made to enforce the "peaceful
blockade” toward an American ship
W h ile the allies were considering the
ways and means of bringing Vene
zuela to terms and a blockade of this
character had been decided upon
the German government Informed thé
Unltde States that when the blockade
was established It would turn back
r.li shipping, though no effort would
be made to seize the ships. The Unit
ed States government made no re
sponse to this statement at the time
(last year) not feeling called upon to
do so. before presentation of an actu
al case. But now that the blocade
Is sought to be established. Secretary
Hay has Informed the German govern
ment that American ships should not
be Interfered with In their trading
eveept the inhibition applies to all
shipping, nnd further, the note Inti-
niâtes a disapproval o f stoppage at
RlL
In so doing the state department U
following a precedent, for. during the
effort o f the powers to establish ■
“ peaceful blockade” off Crete In
lo98. Secretary Sherman formally re
corded a refusal to he bound by It
It happended that no American ship
had occsslon to enter a Cretan port
during the brief period of time the
blockade was In force, so the lame
was not made then, but In the present
case, with regular lines of Amerinz
steamers -entering Venezuelean ports
at short Intervals, a test case mat
soon follow.
It Is within the legal
rights of the allies to close theee
ports, but probably this can be ac
complished without a protest on our
part only P ft or a formal declaration
o f war. The hope Is growing here
that such a declaration can after all
bp averted, owing to the energy with
which Mr. Bowen has acted.
The proposal o f President Castro to
the allied powers for a peaceful set
tlement was suggested by Mr. Bowen
and It came to the State Department
through his bands. It has been for
warded to London and Berlin throurh
the embassies here, and as both Grest
Britain and Germany have heretofore
professed a desire to settle the Issues
peaceably. It is hoped that they win
avail themselves o f this opportunity.
T h » proposal did not mention the
methods o f arbitration nor the limita
tions. and the point of doubt which
may prevent the acceptance of the
scheme Is believed to be Castro's un
willingness to bind himself In advance
to the recognu.on of the principle
Naval Training Station on Lakes.
liability; he would leave the abrltra-
Washington,
Dec.
16.— Secretary
tors to determine whether or not he
Moody has transmitted to congress the is liable at all.
report of the naval board, headed by
Admiral Taylor, which «a s ereate«l to
COLOMBIA MAKES READY.
select a site for a naval training sta
tion on the great lakes.
The report W ill Invade Nicaragua In Order to Had
recommends that the station be located
Both Canal Routes.
on Lake Michigan
below
latitude
Washington.
Dec. 1 7 —Whatever
43:30, and asks for an appropriation of
»250,000 to bay the lan«l and develop doubt existed in Nicaragua as to the
the station, leaving the exact location intention o f Columbia to carry out 3*
to be determined later by the board. threat to attack her as soon as h<r
Secretary Moody approve«! the report own revolutionary movement hu
and points ont that an immeiliate ap been checked has been removed M
the receipt o f advices of a seraiofflclsi
propriation will prevent the raising of character here that the Colombian
land values.
army officers at Panama and Colon
are steadily but quietly making ready
Union Men May Picket.
for an invasion o f Nicaragua.
It is stated further that there In 4
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 16.— Judge
Carter, in the supreme court today, double reason for the attack. In®8
first
place, Colombia wishes to U*
issued an order restraining 20 nnion
forcible possesion of the Mosunit
men by name Irom gathering at the
strip, which would control both rontf
plant ol the Drop Forge company, available for an Isthmian canal,
where a strike has been on lor several so enable her to make her own tot1™
months, lor the purpose of intimidat and secondly, she must find rongea
ing men who wanted to go to work. employment for the Colombian
The coart refused to interfere with the diers who have been fighting re
peaceful picket, which he held to be for four years, and cannot bow
legal. The order is a modification of a easily turned to ways of peac*■
former decision, which re*tiained the would. If Is feared, start a » « " ' T\Z
entire nnion from gathering at the lutlon If not allowed an outlet 1
their energies outside of
plants.
The advices sre to the f " 60* *
the officials In Managua are
Contract for RapM-Firc (Ians.
disturbed at the outlook an,i ar. ...
Washington, Dec. 16. — General ing about for means to avert ta
CrozieF, chief of ordinance, has award- 1 tack by Colombia.
_
ed a contract for the manufactuie of 30
Shut Down for Lack of Cool-__ _
15-pound rapid fire guns and mounts
Wilmington. Deo. 1T—TI>* ^
to the Bethlehem steel work« at its bid
of »3,930 for gnns ami mounts.
The o f the Diamond State Steel Coi»F£
t-j.
only other bid received was from the ! In this city were shut
| account of inablltly t0 0 ,
American A British ordnance companX j temporarily throwing about •»
| at a slightly higher figure.
I and boys ont of employmeo